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'Granili--tlironccl (^uecn. (lc(>|>-l)()s()mcd Siinajicf! 
'J'hoii Isis of our Xorthland, rive thy veil 
And ope thj' beauty, eye of ban nor bale 

Profane tlie clianns tiiat ravish those who see. 

Thou hast niv heart; thou may'st not liavc my i<nee, 
Tiie day for tliat is past." 




Bif Suiiapee's Lal^is <i>i(t Strcinnn 



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LAKE 


SUSAPEE 


THE 


IDEAL RESORT 


FOR 


RECREATION 


IN THE FOOTHILLS 


OF XEW HAMPSHIRE 




ISSUED IJV THE 


GENERAL 


PASSENGER DEPARTMENT 


BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD 


BOSTON, MASSACHUSKTTS 





COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY THE KALKHOFF CO. 



MOIIE tlian two and a lialf feiituries ago — in KJ^O, to 
be exact — the footprints of a white man were first 
impressed upon the sunht shores of that regal sheet of 
cool and crystal water. Lake Sunapee. Type of his times, and 
of the hazards of Xew AVorld civilization, he was a hardy scout 
sent in advance of an exploring expedition from Boston, and 
had tarried on the Warner River in fear of the lurking Indians. 
Almost 150 more years elapsed before a permanent settle- 
ment was made in the vicinity of this rare gift of Nature to 
what had then become the Granite State; and strangest of all, 
wellnigh anothei' century had rolled by before the shrewd 
Yankee glance tliat was first to realize the commercial possi- 
bilities of Lake Sunapee rested admiringly upon the lake and 
its siu-roundings. 

That was the magician's glance, and slowly at first, but 
surely, Suna])ee began to take the place in the affairs and 
affections of men and women tliat the Creator must surely 
have intended it should take before its "manifest destiny" was 




Sunapee II nx a I'leei of Active Steamers That Are Constantly Scurrjiimj 

Between Pain Is 



£CI.A30i)9G5 




"Welcome to Siinopee!' 



fulfilled and the work of tlie seventeenth century scout carried 
to its completion. 

To-day Lake Suna])ee stands without a peer ainoiiQ- the 
many summer resting' places that mark New Englaiid ai)art 
from all the rest of the continent; for nowhere else in all this 
land is its counter])art to he found: in no other State or region 
is to be visited another lake resort where tlie identical con- 
ditions of recreative op]K)rtunities, temperature, atmosphere, 
scenery and material conveniences })rcvail. 

Xever mind what otlier famous lakes and tarns Sunapee 
has been compared with and the comparisons range from 
Loch Katrine to Como and (ieneva — it is doing it small justice 
to draw the parallels at all, for Sunapee is unicpie, and to its 
devotee there is no ]iossible com])arison. Nowhere else in this 
region, tliey Avill tell you. are to })e found such glorious scenery, 
such inspiring walks and drives, such safe and unrestricted 
boating and sailing, sucli cooling and health-giving ozone. 




Bii-iiitifiil CotUi(/i,s, CauiiJs and BuikjuIows Line Sttnapeen Shores 



and, above all, such satisfying rewards for those who love the 
rod and reel. 

Thanks to the wise and thorough work of the New Hamp- 
shire Fish Commission, backed by the cooperation of the 
public-spirited Sunapeeans themselves, especial emphasis may 
be laid upon this last-named factor in the summer life of the 
colony, for fish there certainly are in rare abundance, and of 
kinds that no other American waters can of themselves ])r()duce. 

But the sum of Sunapee's attractions does not end here. 
Nature wns in no half-hearted mood when she endowed this 
favored region with her bounty, and so it happens that the 
flora and the fauna, and even the mineral wealth of the Suna- 
pee basin, include specimens and treasures that are sought for 
in vain in other poi'tions of the State. Something maj^ be said 
of all these fai'tlicr on. It will be the ])resent task to discuss 
briefiy the marxelous strides forward that Sunapee has taken 
in the last few years and the important relationship it bears to 
tlie outside world as a summer refuge for the denizens of the 



great centers lying so far from it in distance, yet so near to it 
by rail journey. 

Lake Sunapee owes its name to a combination of Indian 
words meaning "wild goose water"; and it is rather remark- 
able, by the way, that the early aboriginal residents of the 
region, the Penacook tribe of Algonquins, should have left so 
few traces of their presence as are to be found to-day. If 
Sunapee lacks in anything, it is in legendary Indian lore; but 
that is a matter of small moment in these utilitarian days, when 
legends can be constructed to order just as easily as can a sum- 
mer hotel or a spur track of railroad. In this case, therefore, 
he who would paint a picture of Sunapee is left free to depict 
its more material charms, and he cannot well lay on the colors 
too thickly or warmly. 

Geographically, Lake Sunapee nestles among the hills of 
Sullivan and ]Merrimac Counties, Xew Hampshire. 1104 feet 
above sea-level, and distant from Boston, that great com imita- 
tion point for Boston & Elaine purposes, 110 miles. The lake 




Sunapee's a Great Place for Motor Boating 




Spleud'tfl Heads for DrivUni tnid A iihntiobUltKj 



is about ten miles long, iiulentecl with enticing bays and coves, 
and ranges from one-half to three miles wide. Its shingly 
shores lie within the confines of three different towns — Snna- 
pee, XeM'bury and New London — and the largest settlement 
upon its borders is the towai of Sunapee itself, where centers 
the more pretentious hotel and social life of the region. Of 
other settlements there are a half score or more, each with its 
distinctive characteristics and each brought into touch and sym- 
pathy with the other by the busy little steamboats that ])ly 
from landing to landing and from shore to shore as regularly 
as so many shuttles helping to weave a blue-and-silver fabric 
in some Titanic loom. 

It is by following the daily course of these ever-active water 
sprites that the most intelligent idea of Lake Sunapee's con- 
formation and physical features may ])e obtained. Curiously 
enough, it was two of the energetic members of one of the 
present transportation companies — the Woodsum brothers, 
Daniel R. and Frank ]M. — wlio were among the first to see the 
possibilities of Sunapee as a summer vacation resort and to put 
their belief to a practical test. 

In 1876 these two hardy sailors of the inland seas had come 
from their home in jNIaine to investigate some water and tim- 
ber privileges in that part of New Hampshire, and w^ere so 
deeply impressed with the beauty of Sunapee and its general 
availability for vacation purposes that they decided forthwith 
permanently to pitch their camp upon its leaf}^ shores and 
encourage the visits of the casual tourist by ])lacing on tlie 
lake a small steamer for his acconmiodation. This was prac- 
tically the beginning of Sunapee's career as a tourist center, for 
at that date there was but a single regular summer "boarder" 
in the region, a city man who tarried at George's Mills and who 
was almost literally "monarch of all he surveyed." 

The one "boarder" and tlie single steamer have been fol- 
lowed by a shoal of the former and a fleet of the latter. The 
wilderness has blossomed not alone with the rose but Avith the 
hotel, the boarding house, the summer cottage and the Aacation 
camp and colony, until to-day the 33 miles of Sunapee shores 
resound day and nght, from May till October, with the laughter 



"x;am 




A Frolic ill the Water 



and gaiety of one of the biggest and happiest summer com- 
munities in the land. 

To those who can look back at Suna])ee as it was in '76. the 
transformation that has been wrought in that time must seem 
almost miraculous; and yet the real wonder is that the region 
has not been sought out l)y many more than have found their 
delighted way thither. 

This happy holiday ground is reached through two main 
gateways of railroad travel, in each case via the Claremont 
Branch of the Southern Division. Boston & Elaine Railroad. 
From Bost(jn and the east the tourist comes through Concord, 
the picturesque capital of the Granite State, crossing an attrac- 
tive country in whicli AVaiMier. Waterloo, ^Nlelvin, Bradford 
and Xewbury are i)rincipal stopping places, all with the real 
outdoor New England flavor that is so keenly relished by those 
who know the country scarcely more than as a tradition. 

Coming from New York, Springfield and points north and 
west, via the Connecticut & Passumpsic Division of the Boston 



tJc JNIaine, the train deflects at Clareinont J unction, and after 
passing Claremont, Newport (where hes the famous Corbin 
Park). Sunapee Depot and Edgemont stations, discharges its 
passengers at Lake Sunapee, where also the passengers from 
Concord and Boston disembark. The terminal point was 
formerly Newbury, a mile or so east, but Lake Sunapee has 
been found a much more convenient focal point and a hand- 
some station building has been erected for the accommodation 
of the railroad patrons. 

Here, after rounding the shoulder of majestic ^It. Suna])ee 
itself (2,683 feet abo^•e the sea-level), the tourist gets his first 
comprehensive view of the lovely lake over which he is soon 
to sail to his destination, and inhales his preliminary whifl* of 
the electrifying ozone that makes of Sunapee one of Nature's 
greatest sanitariums. The steamers are in waiting, impatient 
to be off on their journeys over the mirror-like surface of the 
fflorious stretch of water, and soon the visitor is reveling in the 




There Are Good Golf Courses at Sunapee 




I ('otn[ir<hin,'<ici \"ti tr uf the Loi'ely Luk 




midst of all the famed beauties and distractions of the fair 
"Loch Katrine of America." 

So gradual has ])een the rise in the journey from Concord, 
save in the last few miles, that it seems hard to believe Lake 
Sunapee stands 618 feet higher than its noted neighbor. Lake 
Winnipesaukee, 30 miles away. Distances and altitudes are 
forgotten, however, in the seductive charm of the surroundings, 
and all the toin-ist cares to know is that he is a sharer of these 
beauties. 

Bidding good-bye to I^ake Sunapee station and "Breezy 
Point," hard by. the steamer heads toward the east shore, 
swiftly bringing into view the pleasing vista of the lake itself 
for about a third of its distance northward, the prospect being 
broken by Great and Little Islands, two pretty tree-covered 
dots upon the surface of the water just bej^ond the "Narrows." 

Pine Cliff and Pine Cliff Park are the first objective points. 
In tliis attractive settlement, where the whispering pines come 
almost to the very edge of the \\'ater, a large colony of Con- 
cord folk enjoy an Arcadian existence during the heated term. 



The two landings are only about a mile apart, so that the com- 
munities are practically one. 

As the steamer heads up the lake toward Blodgett's and the 
intermediate landings, a pretty panorama is spread out along 
the opposite shore, where Chandler's Bay encloses the pic- 
turesque settlements of Oakland, Bay Point, and Brightwood, 
largely made vip of cottages erected and occupied by well- 
known residents of Bellows Falls, Vt. Claremont, X. H.. 
which wields a sort of social protectorate over Sunapee, is 
represented by the pretty settlement of Montclare, and one 
of its most illustrious citizens has a handsome summer house 
just to the north of the "village," known as "Woodcliff." 

After leaving Pine Cliff the steamer calls at "The Fells/' 
landing on the east shore, if there are passengers to be dis- 
charged or received. 

Not far beyond it, at the "Narrows," lies Rowe's Landing, 
where is located the famous "Kamp Komfort," the alluring- 
summer home of the Kamp Komfort Klub of Springfield, 
Mass. The camp to-day, with its modern accessories of private 




Enjoying a Swim in the Wake of the Steamer 



theater and roof garden, dining hall and other conveniences, 
presents a rather startling contrast to the original camp of '75. 
Another camp ground, Cille}^ Springs, adjoins it, a little to 
the north, and then the steamer rounds "Oregon," a rocky 
promontory on the west shore at the entrance to Fisher's Bay. 
The point of local interest here is "the Cave," a narrow open- 
ing under the projecting cliff; but of far greater interest to 
the angler is the fact that near here is some of the best deep- 
Mater fishing in the lake, especially for salmon. 




Htiiidreilfi of Picti(res<iu(' I'oIuIk Aboiiml 



Great Island, with xVuburn Landing, is passed on the right, 
and once in Fishei-'s Uny a striking scene of rustic beauty is 
unfolded, the details of the picture ranging from rocky ravine 
to mirroi'-like cove, on which the lily pads rest placidly. A 
mile beyond, on the smiling slope of Sunset Hill, lies Burke- 
haven, one of the most important stations on the steamer's 
route, l)astioned by Birch Point, and Liberty, Star and Emer- 
ald Islands. Burkehaven Bay, of which these islets are the 
guardians, is a knely expanse of water, and the view from 



Burkehaven itself, looking down the lake toward Xewburv, 
is beautiful beyond description on a mellow summer day. 

]\Iount Sunapee rises, comely and massive, to the south, and 
Kearsarge, Cardigan and the Ragged ^lountains, with the 
white spires of New London as a foil, loom to the east and 
north. "The Cliffs" and the "Ravine" are points of interest 
near Burkehaven that should be visited by the tourist. 

jNIany splendid pri\'ate residences are scattered throughout 
this section. 




The Soo-nipi Vacftt Club Is a Center of Social Gaiety, Especialli/ on Regatta Days 



Doubling Birch Point peninsula by boat or crossing the nar- 
row peninsula on foot, the visitor may reach Cold Spring, 
where a flourishing summer camp for boj^s, "Camp Sunapee," 
founded in 1889, is located. This is an ideal spot for an out- 
door school of physical culture, and, indeed, it would be hard 
to name a more healthful and suitable place for the summer 
vacation of a school-boy than the entire Sunapee section. 
"Indian Ledge" and "Indian Cave" are local features that 
appeal more or less strongly to the romantic-minded. 




A Place for Solace and Sweet Repose 



From Burkehaven Landing the steamer now wends her 
course between Great and Little Ishmd directly across the lake 
toward Blodgett's Bay. On Little Island are located the sum- 
mer quarters of the Little Island Club of Concord. From this 
part of the lake a splendid view of ]Mt. Sunapee is had, and an 
idea of its beauty and massiveness is gained that a nearer point 
of vantage fails to afford. 

Rounding Echo Point, the steamer parts the waters of 
Blodgett's Bay with its prow and soon ties uj) at the wharf 
at Blodgett's I^anding. This remarkalile resort has been aptly 
termed a summer city. Its scores of cottages almost jostle 
each other, and once within its environs the visitor finds him- 
self gazing with surprise down the long vista of a veritable 
main street, which is patriotically named after the Father of 
Plis Country. A board esplanade also runs parallel with the 
lake shore, affording easy access to the wharves, boathouses 
and summer pavilions. 

For many years past the camp meetings of the Sunapee 
Lake Spiritualist Camp ^Meeting Association liave been held 
within the leafy domains of Blodgett's Landing. Tliese meet- 
ings begin usually about the first of August and last four or 
five weeks. Crowds of visitors are attracted by the exercises, 
which are held either in the open-air auditorium in the adjoin- 
ing grove or in Association Hall. The view from the lake 
front here embraces Sunapee Har]?or on the opposite shore and 
distant Mt. Croydon. Idlehurst, a new and ambitious settle- 
ment, immediately adjoins Blodgett's Laiuhng. and is noted for 
the possession of an excellent mineral spring. Much more might 
be said in description of this interesting portion of the Sunapee 
shore, but the im])atient little steamer has her "scliedulc" to 
make, just the same as a railroad train, and is quickly making 
the foam ^y as she heads west again toward Sunapee Harbor. 

This important terminus, which lies almost midway of the 
lake on the Mcst shore, is sentineled on the north and south 
by Garnet Hill and the 'TIedgehog Den," respectively. Xear 
the last-named lies one of the best fishing grounds anywhere to 
be found in the lake, and this, perhaps, is a fitting time to refer 
briefly to this prime attraction of Sunapee. 



Nowhere is to be found, in water that is available to the 
general public, a greater variety of game fish than those which 
lurk in the crystal depths of Sunapee. Xo fewer than eight 
species of Salmonida? inhabit the lake. These are the brook 
trout, running as high as 6 to 10 pounds; the land-locked 
salmon or ouananiche, ranging from 3 to 20 pounds in ^lay, 
June and early July; the famous and game Loch Leven trout, 
imported from Scotland, of delicate flavor, and ranging as 
high as 18 pounds; the Brown or Von Behr trout of Europe, 
tipping the scales as high as 11 pounds: the beautiful rainbow 
trout transplanted from California; the blue-back Rangeley 
Lakes trout; the landlocked smelt, a toothsome table fish; and 
last, but by no means least, the Sunapee saibling or white trout. 

This aristocratic fish is a noted feature of Sunapee, its only 
contemporaries inhabiting a couple of small Xew England 
lakes north of this. It is very prolific and attains a weight of 
12 pounds, averaging 1 to 5 pounds. It is quite a game fish 
and its fame has caused it to be much sought after by the fish 
commissions of other States. Sj^ecimens of this and other 




A Pleasing Vista of the Lake 







ixdii 



Cos;/ Cottof/cs. irifh Their Walks and Landinfis 



Sunapee fishes are on exhibition at the Xew York Aquarium. 
All these finny denizens of the lake afford excellent fly fishing 
from ^lay 1 to about June 10. They are succeeded by the 
black bass, which rise to the fly after June 15, and are also to 
be angled for with minnows and insects. Pike, perch and 
pickerel also favor Sunapee wdth their presence, and ice-fishing 
for the latter makes interesting sport in winter — a season in 
which Sunapee is by no means robbed of all its attractions. 

The quest for the deep-water salmon and native trout begins 
about July 1, and lasts until the first week or so in September, 
when the black bass again begin to bite. The smelt usually 
begin to run about the last of April or first of ^lay. The ice, 
as a rule, goes out late in April, and just as soon as navigation 
is possible the steamer begins to run for the accommodation 
of the early fishermen. Hotel accommodations are to be had 
at Sunapee Harbor all the year round. 

The devotees of the gun may find some excellent partridge 
shooting in September, and gray squirrel and rabbits are also 




A lleaUhfiil Place for a Schoolboy' t< Vacation 





From Any Part of the Lake There Are Splendid Views 



"Bust/ Little Steainljoat^' Ply from LanduHj to LuiuIukj" 

in abundance, with wild ducks and geese, plover, snipe and 
woodcock abundant in their season. The bob-white and the 
jNlongolian pheasant are graduallj^ being introduced. Foxes 
are frequently met with, also an occasional deer, and those who 
would like to study the habits of the beaver, muskrat or mink 
may find a frequent opportunity of so doing. In both the 
fishing and shooting seasons intelligent guides may be obtained 
bv those who should find their services necessary, and small. ])ut 



^-*^^[t y l%^,i -' 




"A Lodge in the Wilderness" 



Ahr.ni.s 



il oil Ihr III 



comfortable steamers are always to be hired for ]:)rivate fishing 
or other excursions. 

All this is a digression from the special subject of discussion, 
but even those who have never cast a fly or felt the ecstatic de- 
light of a "bite" can keenly relish a reference to fishing. One 
of the strangest and most remarkable features of the approach 
to Sunapee Harbor is the tall and ghostly lighthouse on Loon 
Island, a series of reef-like rocks that were a serious menace 
to navigation before the structure was erected. It looks odd, 
indeed, to see a full-fledged lighthouse uprearing itself from 
the bosom of a placid fresh-water lake, and for a moment one 
instinctively wonders if he has not been suddenly transported 
to Frenchman's Bay, or some other picturesque portion of the 
Atlantic Coast. 




An Attractive Setting for a Summer Cottage 




Sctuci/ Little Motor Boats Dart Hither and Thither 

Of Siinapee Harbor much might be written, and all of it 
would be interesting. A large percentage of the vacationists 
who crowd to Sunapee by train every day come to this, the 
most populous center of the lake region. They might leave 
the train at Sunapee station, coming from either direction, and 
reach the town by a two-and-a-half mile drive by stage or car- 
riage ; but. of course, the sail over the lake is the great attraction 
to all. and so the large majority leave the train at Lake Suna- 
pee station and take the steamer for their destination. The 
trip to Sunapee Harbor covers ten miles and consumes about 
an hour. 

The population of Sunapee Harbor is about 1,200, and 
besides its principal hotels it is well equipped with boarding 
houses. Rates at the hotels range from $8 to $21 a week and 




The Liyhthotises, Buoys, Steamers and Sails Remind You of the Sea-coast 




The Lake Sunapee Cnrniral Bidn Fair In Rirol !h< J'tmujii.s WikHiih Wal ir Fetes; the C , 

the Suppers, All CombUie to Make a : 




'In the Crystal Depths of Sunapee Ltt 




///'- (Jala Performances, the Mv.s-ic, the Soin/s (ind LaiKihlcv. Ihc Ranx. Ilic DanciiKj and 
of Old-World Gaiety and Frivolity 




le Trout. .'■<alni(ni. Ba.^.^- and SaihIiiKi' 




Takinij His Early Mornituj Plun<je. A Back Somersault Dive 

at the boarding houses from $5 to $10 a week. There are also 
farmhouses in the near vicinity of the town where accommoda- 
tions can be had at reasonable prices. 

The vieAvs from Sunset Hill, Garnet Hill, Keyser's Hill, 
and the other adjacent elevations, are grand beyond compare. 
em])racing not only a cycloramic sweep of the lake itself but 
bringing sharply into view Ascutney (3,186 feet in height), 
Croydon (2,789 feet) , the site of the famous Corbin Park, and 
the Green ^Mountains. Sugar River, which falls noisily and 
abruptly from the lake toward the Connecticut River at Clare- 





A SliiiiiiKj Mirror in a Orcen-Wooded Frame 




''-^■s»*»^Jk»«al 




Bound for Geovf/e's Mills at the Head of the Lake, Where There's Alivays 

Good Fishing 

mont, 16 miles away, furnishes the motive power for the vari- 
ous industries that make Sunapee Harbor an important com- 
mercial as well as social center. This remarkable stream drops 
nearly 800 feet before it loses its identity in the large river. It 
supplies the power not only for the electric light plant with 




A Remarkable Snapshot of a Dive into Sunapee's Cooling Depths 



_JS,ieSP-3^i.^«fc- 



"A Fitll-flcdijul Li(ihlliijii{<i' on a I'lacid Fnfli-d'u/i r Luke 

which Siinapee Harbor is now equipped, but also for the large 
hame manufactory, machine shop, rake factory and pulp, 
j)aper, saw and grist mills that help to make the place lively 
and prosperous, while not in the least detracting from its merits 
as a vacational resort. 

The social, religious and educational interests of the town 




One of the Attractive Sininner Colonies 




A Deliyhtfu] Sitiiafion for a Siniuner Hoyne 

are well represented by several fraternal organizations, a 
couple of churches, a public library and a common and high 
school. There is an excellent postal service, with three mails 
a day, and there is also a good telephone service between Suna- 
pee and Xewport, and from thence to the outside world. 
Sunapee Harbor has always been es])ecially favored by Xew 




A Cool and Inviting Retreat on a Summer's Day 




Sunapee Bivah in Beauty Many a Scottish Loch or Irish Lake Knoion to Fame 

York, Philadelphia and Boston people, and there is usually a 
delegation from far-off San Francisco. It is quite the fad for 
vacationists making their headquarters here to indulge in the 
delights of "camping out," sometimes in parties of 15 or 20; 
and if there is one form of recreation more than another that 
the Sunapee region is admirably adapted for, it is this delight- 
ful one. "Kamp Komfort," the pioneer in this outdoor diver- 
sion, has more than one imitator within the shadow of Mt. 
Sunapee. 

Drives to Newport and the Corbin Park, around the lake 
shore to George's JNIills, and to various other local points, is 




The Water Is Deep Enouyh to Sail liiyht Up to Your Wharf Float and in Many 
Places to Your Front Door 




?'i^ 



An Afternoon Scene at a Boat Landing 



another popular diversion. Bicycling, too, is quite in order, 
but perhaps nothing really is more enjoyable than the primitive 
"tramp," that antedates even the buggy and the buckboard, 
to the adjacent elevations, where the lover of Xature may view 




The Private Bualhotisefi are Models of J rchilectKral l>esi<jn 




Mil kill II nil Af ill noon Cull hii Motor Boat 




One of the Staunch Steamers Thnl I'lji on Snnapee 




A Place for Solid Comfort 

the glory of the shimmering- lake in its emerald setting and 
feast his soul upon the 

"Calm, Dhtant Hills That in the Sunlight Rest" 

Garnet Hill is a favorite point of vantage, and here, as from 
many other eminences on either side of tlie lake, may be had 
inspiring views of distant Ascutney, Croydon, (irantham. 
Cardigan (3,156 feet) and near-by Suna])ee itself. There is a 




The Points. Island. Liiihtlnnises and White Sails Give Siuiapee the Aspect of 

An Inland Sea 




Suiiapee Holds Allraction for I he Oroloi)ist, Bofaiilftf and Xattintlint as Well as Those 
Who Seek Best, Repose and Recreation 



mica mine within two miles of tlie town and also a large granite 
quarry on Quarry Hill, near Burkeha\en. This calls to mind 
the fact that every mile of the Sunapee section offers something 
of interest to the geologist and mineralogist. Glacial phe- 
nomena are in evidence on everj^ hand, and New London and 
Springfield hoth furnish choice crystals of amethyst; beryls, 
garnets and tourmaline i)risms are found in Springfield, and 
smoky and rose quartz, fibrolite, quartz diamonds, staurolites 
and amethystine quartz reward those who visit Ragged INIoun- 
tain (2,500 feet). 

The route of the steamboat continues northward from Suna- 
pee Harbor ])ast The Boulders, Roger's Cove, Loon Island 
Light and Russell's and North Points to pretty Gardner's 
Cove where is located one of the largest and most imposing 
hotels in the region, "The Granliden." 

Situated 100 feet above the lake level, crowning a slope 
wooded with pine, spruce and balsam, commanding views of 
an enchanting panorama of lake, hill and mountain scenery, 



5|f^AC^ 




The Moods of Xatin-e Varii Day bij Datj. Hour hif Hour to Ilcr Obi<erviiuj Lovers 





Plenty of "Materia}" for Sketching or Amateur Vholoiiraiilui at All of 
Sunapee's Resorts 



in a sheltered bay where boating or canoeing is perfectly safe 
for the less experienced, while there is the open lake for the 
expert oarsman or experienced sailor, the location of this 
charming hotel is ideal. 

The Annual Carnival of the Sunapee Lake Regatta Asso- 
ciation — one of the most picturesque aquatic events of the 
Xew England summer vacation season — is followed by a bril- 
liant ball at "The Granliden." 

A beautiful sand beach helps to make bathing ])()])ular. The 
Granliden Swimming Club, ^^■ith its professional instructor, is 
a flourishing institution, and its contests, together with the 
regular tennis and golf tournaments that mark the season here, 
are among the most delightful attractions of tliis part of the 
lake. 

Skirting Job's Creek, the latter a sequestered and sylvan 
retreat, the steamer's prow is turned northwest into the long 
lagoon-like inlet that terminates at George's ]Mills. This quiet 
and restful liamlet. where so many ha])py vacation hours ha\'e 
been spent l)y hundreds of delightful city people, has been very 
aptly compared to a Swiss hamlet on an Alpine slope. Nothing 
could be nearer tlie ideal New England village witli its farm- 
ing and business life meeting in harmonious amalgamation. 

Life at George's Mills is certainly not exciting, and that, 
perhaps, is why its inhabitants live to such a ri])e age. The 
features of special interest to the tourist within the hmits of 
the hamlet itself are Otter Pond, which discharges into Suna- 
pee through a riotous stream that turns the wheels of several 
picturesque mills while performing its regidar duties; and 
Ledge Pond and Baptist Pond. Little Sunapee Lake is within 
two miles of George's ^Mills, and has a charm and character all 
its own, but the particular INIecca of the curious nowadays is 
the "Royal Arch," a remarkable freak of nature located about 
two miles away in the direction of Springfield. It is an uphill 
drive to the somewhat remote location of this peculiar con- 
formation, but the view from the crest of the adjacent hills will 
alone repay the effort. One can almost look down into the 
very streets of New London, and the outlook upon Lake Suna- 
pee and its surroiiiulings is simply sublime. 




The Cottages and Shore Homes Are so Hidden by Groves as to Be Invisible in 

Many Places 



The "Royal Arch" itself, also known by the more prosaic 
name of "Devil's Den," is a cavern hollowed out of the surface 
of the micaceous ledge, 60 feet wide, 9 feet high and about 
30 feet deep. The floor of the cavern is 1,750 feet above tide- 
level and the "Keystone" of the arch is just 100 feet higher and 
is reached by a stiff climb up the surface of the cliff over what 
may appropriately be called the Giant's Stairway. Several 
similar arches are in process of formation in the same place, 
and in the ages to come there will doubtless be a full-fledged 
family of them. 

The visitor to the Royal Arch crosses the now unused wagon 
road over M'hich Daniel Webster used to trudge, shoes in hand, 
on his way to Dartmouth College. This suggests the long list 
of other illustrious Americans M'ho first saw the light of day 
within sight of Sunapee, among them Salmon P. Chase, John 
A. Dix, William Pitt Fessenden, Austin Corbin and Rear 
Admiral Belknap. The author of "^lary Had a Little Lamb," 



Sarah Josepha Hale, was also born near here, and the little 
school house inmiortalized in the poem is still standing. 

Back to George's ^Nlills, and thence on the concluding stage 
of the lake tour by steamer. En route to the east shore land- 
ings not previously touched at, one is struck by the peculiar 
whiteness of the sand at various points of the lake. Instinc- 
tively one thinks of York or Old Orchard beach, and certainly 
so white a sand is rare in inland waters. The water of the lake, 
too, is as pure and crystal as that of the cool and grateful spring 
at the Royal Arch. 

Someone has been at the pains to compare the temperature 
of the water at the bottom of Lake Sunapee with that of vari- 
ous other large lakes, and it has proved to be lower than any 
of them. The minimum is 38, compared with 38.8 in Lake 
Superior (1,000 feet), 41.7 in Lake Geneva (1,017 feet), 41.4 
in Loch Lomond (630 feet), and 41.4 in Loch Katrine (480 
feet) . 

Passing "the Ledge ' near a favorite trout ground, the 
steamer swings into Herrick's Cove and stops for a moment 




Siinajxc Iti PicliircK<iiic and IhnnCifid from Everii Point of \'iew 




ExempJifijincj "the Divine Principle of Leisure" 



at Lakeside landing, wliieh boasts a summer liotel and scores 
of attractive cottages, as well as a most delightful landscape. 
Hastings, to the southward, is the next landing, where the odor 
of pines salutes the senses and soothes the spirit. This place is 
also in process of development, and will one day rank as one 
of the most important settlements on the lake. 

Last, and in some respects best of all, comes Soo-Nipi Park, 
that unique and ])eautiful creation in which Nature and Dr. 
John D. Quackenbos, the Sunapee enthusiast, have collabo- 
rated so successfidly. Xowhere on the lake is there a more 
romantically situated vacation community than that which is 
growing up amid this great semi-private preserve of 400 acres. 
The park is located almost directly across from Sunapee Har- 
bor, has a lake frc^ntage of nearly two miles, with a velvety, 
white beach, and is situated in the town of New London A 
veritable wilderness of pine, spruce, hemlock, tir and other trees 
covers a large part of the })roperty. through which run pic- 
turesque carriage roads in various directions, a score of differ- 
ent drives being possible. 

Dr. Quackenbos, the energetic founder of the Park, is a 
well-known New Yorker of distinguished Knickerbocker 
descent, and combines in rare degree the (qualities of poet, 
literarian, scientist, romanticist, and man of affairs. To his 
example and effort Sunapee owes much of its ])resent pres- 
tige as a fishing resort, for Dr. Quackenbos has lavished both 
time and money upon the work of stocking tlie lake and ad- 
jacent waters with native and exotic fish, and has also done 
much to elevate and sustain the social tone of the I^ake region. 
In Soo-Nipi Park, with its si)lendid liotel, its tennis court, 
croquet fields, golf links and ciuoit grounds, its magnificent 
facilities for canoeing, sailing, bathing, i)icknicking and driv- 
ing, he has erected a monument worthy of any public-spirited 
American. 

It is a natural sanitarium, where hay l'e\er and malaria are 
unknown afflictions. Kven in November the climate is so 
stimulating and the autumn sceneiy so enticing that many 



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who can spare the time are prone to tarry. Tlie autumn fohage 
of Sunapee is something- to hnger in the memory forever. 
What has been said of the attractions of the region for the 
mineralogist can also be set forth in behalf of the lovers of 
flowers. The flora of the lake includes not only all the speci- 
mens usually found in that part of Xew England, but many 
beautiful orchids hide shyly in the forest recesses; and, as a 
certain Sunapee bard has poetically put it in prose: "Strayed 
far from gardens long forgotten, hoyden Jacqueminots, rich 
in attar, spread their gaudy magenta on sequestered hillsides. 
and pale swamp roses lay bare their golden hearts in the wet 
thickets." 

"Artists in search of the rare, the novel and the quaint," 
he further says, "may gather attractive material among the 
deserted farmhouses draped with woodbine, the crmnbling mills 
with their scum-covered eddies, the lonesome lily ponds, dense 
catliedral groves and emerald fern-sliaws." 

The State flsli hatcliery on Pike Brook, in Soo-Xipi Park, 
must not be forgotten, ere this rambling resume of Sunapee 
and its manifold attractions is brought to a close. Each year 
there is turned out from this well-equipped institution between 
300,000 and 400,000 young trout and landlocked salmon, so 
that it is scarcely within the range of probability that Sunapee 
will ever become a fished-out lake. There is no need of arti- 
ficially ])ropagating the bird life of the region, if such a thing 
were feasible, for there are alreadv no fewer than 870 diff'erent 




''^■lii Euchdiiliiui Paiioraina of Lake. Forest and Mountain" 

species in the surrounding fields and forests, including the 
entire family of thrushes, with a single exception. This section 
seems to be a common meeting ground for Alleghany and 
Canadian bird species, and, therefore, offers a peculiarly 
instructive field of research for the ornithologist. 

To conclude: In Lake Sunapee and its environs is to be 
found the ideal retreat for both physical and mental recreation, 
a place where Health, Happiness and Refinement are the triple 




T]ie BalS(nns and Pines Ferjtune SnnuiJee's Cool Breezes 



"0/ Thou Art Beautiful. Whalc^r the Test" 

influences whose sway is undisputed. The merits of this glori- 
ously favored region, destined soon to take rank ^\'ith the most 
famous resorts in both the Old and New Worlds, cannot be 
better summed up than in this brief but comprehensive descrip- 
tion by one of its admirers : 

"Not only do the natural charms invite to aesthetic passive- 
ness teaching 'the divine principle of leisure'; the country 
affords as well opportunities for active pursuits, for mountain 
drives and climbs and horseback rides, for wheeling, for forest 
rambles, for sketching, for photographical and botanical excur- 
sions." And all who enjoy its charms, even for a fleeting 
moment, wall feel the same soul-stirrings that led the poet 
laureate of the region to exclaim : 

"Lake of the ivild fowl, Soo-Nipi the Blest! 
Agleam in (/old of Summer daij liei/nii. 
Rosed with the crim.son ray of stoopiiuj sun. 
Jeweled by pallid planet in the west — 
O! thou art f>eautiful. irhate'er the test!" 




The Narrows Throu<ih Whidi All .\(tiu<iation Passes 




Beautiful Liimlscopi Ll]\clx ^ihiiut the Summer Homes 




Tlir 7,'(</A.v innl I'iiKs Ijiiid ih< iiim In x to Jrfistic Treatment 




A Splendid Group of White Birches 




11 mill icK III lioiiiiil — I'lUiiliuii l)ii_iii! Are O'er 

TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM 
LAKE SUNAPEE STATION 



From Lake Station to Pine Cliit' . 
" Brightwood 



3/1 Miles 



2^S 
23A 
3 

3'/. 



Pine Fells 

Rowe's 

Woodcliff 

Auburn 

Libert}' Islaiul 

Burkeha\eii o 

Little Lsiand 5:y'^ 

Blodgetfs 634 

Siinaj)ce Harbor 10'4 

Boulders 11 

Soo-\ipi Park 8.14 

Soo-Nipi Park, via Sinuipee Harbor l-^M 

Hastings 10 

Hastings, via Sunajx-e Harbor 14,)4 

Lake Side 15y, 

George's Mills IS 



APR 20 1912 




A VinLa of Uie Shore Road WhicJi Skirts the Lake 



rHE KALKHOFF COMPANY 
NEW YORK 




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